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Survivor says driver was driving crazily before crash that killed 6 Ohio teens

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Two teens who survived a crash in northeastern Ohio last weekend that killed six of their friends told a homeowner after running for help that the 19-year-old at the wheel had been driving crazy before their SUV rolled into a pond.

The driver, Alexis Cayson — who didn’t have a valid license according to a report on the Sunday crash — was among those who died.

A coroner said yesterday the victims who died had all drowned. It will be several weeks before tests reveal whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.

Brian Henry had been sitting in the front passenger season and told investigators he pleaded for Cayson to slow down. Instead, he says she sped up when the vehicle rounded what’s known in Warren as “Dead Man’s Curve.” Henry and Asher Lewis both swam out of the submerged SUV after Henry broke out the rear window with his elbow.

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Report says driver in Ohio crash had no license

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Two teens who escaped a crash that killed six friends said the 19-year-old woman who didn’t have a valid license was speeding and driving recklessly in an allegedly stolen SUV just before it smacked a guardrail and flipped into a pond, according to a report on the crash released Tuesday.

The State Highway Patrol report also said one of the teens told investigators the driver, Alexis Cayson, sped up as she rounded what’s known as “Dead Man’s Curve.” Another teen told a state trooper it felt like the SUV was going 80 mph before the crash.

Cayson was among those killed along with five boys. The report noted that she didn’t have a valid driver’s license.

Brian Henry, 18, said he told the woman to slow down before the five-passenger Honda Passport, crammed with eight teenagers, sped down a 35-mph road and into the water early Sunday.

“I blanked out for a little bit and then the truck was upside-down in the water,” he told a trooper. “There was air in the truck but it was filling with water. I used my right elbow to break out the back window.”

Henry wriggled out of the submerged vehicle with 15-year-old Asher Lewis. The pair, who suffered only minor injuries, ran to a home to call 911.

In a call to 911 released Tuesday, Jacquelyn Kimble said that the two survivors were “beat up pretty bad.”

“Can you send an ambulance?” she asks. “Two of my friends got into an accident around Pine Street and they just came over here. They are messed up pretty bad. Can you please send somebody quick?”

Asked if it was a car accident, she replied yes.

“One’s head’s bleeding, they beat up pretty bad,” she said, then stops to tell someone near her, “Just sit right there, just sit right there.”

Her husband, Jeremy Kimble, told police that Henry was “covered with blood’ and that Lewis had mud all over.

“They said the girl was swerving, driving crazy, lost control and flipped,” Kimble told police.

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Driver in Ohio crash that left 6 teens dead had no license

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The 19-year-old woman behind the wheel of an allegedly stolen SUV when it crashed into a pond, killing six friends, didn’t have a valid driver’s license, according to a report on the crash released Tuesday.

The State Highway Patrol report also said the teens who escaped told investigators the driver, Alexis Cayson, was driving recklessly and one said she sped up as she rounded what’s known as “Dead Man’s Curve.”

Cayson was among those killed along with five boys. Two passengers survived.

Brian Henry, 18, said he told the woman to slow down before the five-passenger Honda Passport, crammed with eight teenagers, sped down a 35-mph road and into the water early Sunday.

“The car had jerked out of control,” Henry told TV station WYTV in Youngstown. “I don’t know if she did it on purpose, or how fast she was going (if) that’s why it jerked like that.”

Henry said he was thrown into the back of the vehicle and blacked out until the chilly water made him alert. He used his elbow to break a window and wriggled out of the submerged vehicle along with 15-year-old Asher Lewis. The pair, who suffered only minor injuries, ran to a home to call 911.

Lewis told a state trooper it felt like the SUV was going 80 mph before the crash.

Jacquelyn Kimble said she was scared by the early morning banging on her door but agreed to help after recognizing one of the boys.

“They were so scared. They were shaking and so cold,” Kimble told the Warren Tribune Chronicle. “They kept saying she was driving crazy, that girl was driving crazy.”

Authorities have cautioned against speculation about what happened and say they’re trying to gather facts as family and friends in this struggling northeastern Ohio industrial city try to fit the pieces of the tragedy together. All eight passengers came from the close-knit black community in this small, mostly working-class city of 41,000, so the deaths punched a hole in a part of Warren where everyone seems related by blood or marriage, and the rebellious rituals of youth have played out across generations.

The car was reported stolen on Monday, more than a day after the crash. It wasn’t clear if the passengers knew the car was stolen.

Henry said the teens had been headed home. He said he caught a ride with the group after the other boys were already in the vehicle, so he’s not sure what they had been doing earlier.

Lisa Williamson said her son, Brandon Murray, and his best friend, Ramone White, both 14, each told their parents they were sleeping at the other’s house but then ended up at what the young folks call a :kick-back”: a small gathering of friends, less than a party but more grown-up than a sleepover. Something to do on weekends after the mall closes and the last movie lets out.

They were probably trying to catch a ride home in the stolen SUV.

“They were just kids out having fun, not kids into gangs, no drugs involved,” Williamson said. “They’re …read more
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SUV in fatal crash that left 6 teens dead was stolen, owner says

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Investigators on Monday tried to piece together what eight teenagers crammed into a stolen sport utility vehicle were up to before the vehicle flipped over into a pond, killing six of them.

Authorities gave few details on where the group of friends had been and why they were out around daybreak Sunday, speeding down a two-lane road. On Monday, the SUV‘s owner met with police and filed a stolen-car report; police said none of the teens was related to the owner or had asked to use the vehicle.

Whether all the teens knew the SUV was stolen wasn’t clear. Neither was their whereabouts before the crash.

While the father of one of the dead said the teenagers were coming home from a sleepover at a friend’s house, the mother of another boy killed said that her son and his best friend had lied about staying over at each other’s homes that evening. She said she thinks they went to a party.

“If only he had listened,” said Lisa Williamson, mother of 14-year-old Brandon Murray. “I told him, `Don’t you go nowhere.’ But they’re kids.”

The SUV hit a guardrail in an industrial section of town and landed upside down in about 5 feet (1.5 meters) of water, filling up within minutes, State Highway Patrol Lt. Brian Holt said. Five boys and a young woman, ages 14 to 19, were killed.

Two boys smashed a rear window, wriggled out of the wreckage and swam away, then ran 400 meters to a home to call for help, authorities said. Brian Henry, 18, and Asher Lewis, 15, suffered only minor injuries.

Investigators said they believe excessive speed was a key factor in the crash. Authorities did not say how fast the SUV was going. They were also awaiting the results of drug and alcohol tests.

All eight teenagers were from Warren, a mostly blue-collar city of 41,000 near the Pennsylvania line, east of Cleveland.

Five of the dead were trapped inside the sunken SUV. A sixth was thrown from the vehicle and was found underneath it when it was taken out of the water.

State police identified them as the 19-year-old driver, Alexis Cayson; Andrique Bennett, 14; Brandon Murray, 14; and Kirklan Behner, Ramone White and Daylan Ray, all 15. Cayson, Murray and Ray drowned, the coroner said. Autopsies on the others were incomplete.

“All I know is my baby is gone,” said Derrick Ray, who came to the crash site after viewing Daylan’s body at the morgue. He said he knew that his son, a football player who was looking forward to playing in high school, was out with friends, but didn’t know their plans.

None of the teens in the five-seat 1998 Honda Passport was wearing a seat belt, state police said.

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Police investigate Ohio crash that killed 6 teens

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Investigators spent Monday trying to piece together why eight teenagers were crammed into a speeding SUV without the owner’s permission when it flipped over into a pond, killing six of them.

Authorities gave no details on where the group of friends had been and why they were out around daybreak Sunday. But the father of one of the dead said they were coming home from a sleepover at a friend’s house.

No one in the group had asked to take the vehicle, and its owner was not related to any of the teens, said State Highway Patrol Lt. Brian Holt. It was registered to someone from Youngstown, about 20 miles away.

“That’s all we know right now,” Holt said.

State police said the SUV hit a guardrail on a two-lane road in an industrial section of town and landed upside down in about 5 feet of water, filling up in a matter of minutes, Holt said. Five boys and a young woman, ages 14 to 19, were killed.

Two boys smashed a rear window, wriggled out of the wreckage and swam away, then ran a quarter-mile to a home to call 911, authorities said. Brian Henry, 18, and Asher Lewis, 15, suffered only minor injuries.

Investigators said they believe excessive speed was a key factor in the crash, which took place in a 35 mph zone, but they did not say how fast the SUV was going. They were also awaiting the results of drug and alcohol tests.

All eight teenagers were from Warren, a mostly blue-collar city of 41,000 near the Pennsylvania line, about 60 miles east of Cleveland.

Andre Bennett Sr., whose son Andrique was among those killed, said Monday that his son and the others had all stayed over at a friend’s house and that a girl offered them a ride home.

Chris Jones, 16, said he used to see most of the victims every day at school and in their neighborhood. He knew all but two in the crash.

“They’re not always the best kids. They’re not out there looking for straight A’s,” he said. “But none of these kids should be where they are today. This should have never had happened.”

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